A year after releasing the ColecoVision game console, Coleco made a very interesting add-on for their competitor, the Atari 2600 - A cassette tape player that plugged into the system and provided timed audio moments that would sync with certain games!
This ambitious project worked surprisingly well, all technology-related limitations considered. There were only two games released that had three tapes apiece, and there was one additional tape that worked in tandem with both titles.
This collection includes both games, ready to play with all of the taped audio cues working in tandem with the 2600's built-in sound. It's a really fun, wacky experience.
I've cleaned up the tape audio quite a bit, but massive credit goes to Lee Krueger, who was kind enough to originally rip the voices and music from the cassettes himself! Additional props go to Eckhard Stolberg and Thomas Jentzsch for working with the z26 emulator to make the audio play at all the right times.
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Download Links
Archive.org's torrent feature often does not work, so please don't use it - Downloads can fail or be incomplete. If you're wanting to help preserve this set, you can use the links below to download each part you want instead:
What you came here for! Only the best stuff. (2 titles, 33.8 MB)
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Champion Collection Release Notes
Special items included:
The z26 emulator (Windows, Mac, and source code versions) and the wav files required to play along with the tape audio.
Additional information:
Tested with z26 (4.07)
Format: .bin and .wav
Please note - This is a special set that includes the emulator your need!
Since there is only one current working emulator that can run both games alongside the tape audio at the proper timings, I've decided to include it as well so that we don't lose it to time. This is the best method to preserve and play these games for now.
All you have to do is unzip the collection and then open the "Emulator" folder. Unzip either the Windows or Mac version you need and then place that final z26 emulator folder wherever you'd like to keep it when you play. After doing so, move both of the included .bin game files and all of the associated .wav files into that same final emulator folder. Load z26, open up the game you want, and everything else is automatic! Have fun. :)
If you're on a different operating system (such as Linux), please find and follow the documentation in the "Emulator" folder on how to get z26 working from the source code.
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